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Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.7
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6442 yards
Slope 128
Rating 70.4

Course Details

Year Built 1957
Golf Season Year round
Architect George Cobb (1957)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire. Collared Shirts, No Jeans.

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Reviews

4.0
61 Reviews (61)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 9
Elevation Changes 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 11
Walkers 7
Advanced Golfers 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 9

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Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice greens

The greens were in great shape. For the price, course is above average

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Best Kept Secret in the Triangle

I play here often with my sons and we all LOVE this course. It has never taken longer than 3 hours 40 minutes to finish playing. The greens are in excellent shape and present some challenging nuances that can vex you at times, but are always fair. As we played on Friday, 8-1-14, my son and I discussed that of the the eight or so courses we play in the area, no fewer than five of the holes on this course would be on our 18 hole Triangle All Star List. I can't wait to play again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Best Public Track in Durhan

Good greens better than average fairways fast pace if play. Reasonable layout

Paid <$20

Priceless

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Getting Better

Course was in excellent shape and not crowded. The course has always had nice greens and today the rest of facility was in great shape.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course, great price

This is a fun, short course with some elevation changes and good greens. You will hit a variety of clubs off the tee, and have the opportunity to shape shots both ways. Staff could be friendlier, but for $18, I can't really complain too much.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Average course all around.

Average course all around. This is not a criticism. Some bare spots in and at edges of the fairways but overall in reasonable condition.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Played On
Reviews 21
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Enjoyable course

Friendly staff, good layout and condition, fast pace of play and fair green fee..

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Speedy Play

Great afternoon at Willowhaven - course in great shape - pace if play was fast - will deffinatly come back

Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Needs work

This is a really fun course but the condition was really dry and hard for this early in the summer. The tee boxes need to be patched, sodded and or repaired. They are fairly level but need grass. Fairways were really bare in spots and course edges have many rocks to watch for.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

nice course

I would tell my friends to wait a couple of weeks to play this course, They had just plugged the greens and the putting surface was bad. the rest of the course is in good shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Good Course but Could be tter

Its a fun course, and the greens were really good, fairly fast, but the fairways and tee boxes need some work. For some reason, grass isnt really growing out there.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Decent track

I had been looking forward to playing here for a while and finally got the opportunity. The layout is tight on the front - actually cramped on several holes. Conditions of the course were just okay. Not sure where some other reviewers got the greens were "FAST" or "slick" but they were not quick at all when I played. Enjoyed the back side. Course is very short.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Well maintained course

This is not a long course tee-green but the greens are slick and challenging. We were allowed to play ahead of our tee time to get ahead of their 19th hole group. So our pace of play was great.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Lots of doglegs

FAST greens with lots of slope on the greens. Very challenging greens. Lots of doglegs, but a fun course. Guy running the desk in the pro shop needs to be trained on customer service.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great! but need to correct the direction

It was my second time for the course. Overall course condition and facilities were great. However, I late for tee time because of wrong direction of GolfNow information. Besides that, I enjoyed that day pretty much.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Nice course

Good course. Greens were a little choppy which made putting tough.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

good course

Very straight forward course. Winter brown but the greens were excellent. Can't wait to play it green!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course has some challenges but not difficult. I play it often its always a joy

Great course great price especially with the golf now discount

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Playable

I played Umstead Pines and it was okay. I wasn't a big fan of the layout of the course for me personally, too many lay up holes for my liking. I would say the condition of the fairways and tee boxes were maintained, nothing negative to say about them. The best part about the course was definitely the greens. They were old-styles sloped greens with shaved fringes for run off. They had good speed to them as well. I would say the person in the clubhouse wasn't overly friendly, but was okay. All in all, not my favorite course but I would play there again and recommend it to each person to make their own determination.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is always in good shape and is fun to play.

Umstead Pines is a good old fashion golf course whose fairways are always full and the greens in very good condition. There are a couple of holes that are quite challenging but most are playable, even for the high handicapper.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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